Congratulations to my Kevin

August 17, 2006

I'm chuffed as a small horse to announce that Kevin, my T'Other, has a new job working as Head of Blogging and Interaction for The Guardian. We are both delighted about this as it's going to be a fantastic opportunity for him to really get his teeth into blogging and community projects, moreso than he's […]

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Ble dach chi eisiau mynd ar wyliau?

August 11, 2006

I'm here asking Welsh speakers where they want to go, or where they have been, on holiday. The idea is that people will then leave me Odeo comments telling me what their holiday plans are. Dw i eisiau defnyddio fy Nghymraeg i mwy yn aml, felly dw i wedi bod meddwl am rywbeth bod Tom […]

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Blood, Sweat & Tea

August 8, 2006

I had a little package turn up in the post this morning – a copy of Tom Reynolds' new book, Blood, Sweat & Tea. I was on my way out to give a presentation, so I took it with me to open on the Tube. Like Euan Semple, despite being a reader of Tom's for […]

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Home!

August 6, 2006

Well, that was a bloody fantastic two weeks. Wonderful. Photos slowly going up on Flickr, and I'm going to write a longer blog post about the whole trip (primarily for sake of parents who are in Australia right now). But, in the meantime, just a quicky to say hello.

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When will Cadbury's stand up and take responsibility?

July 21, 2006

So Cadbury's failure to deal with a salmonella outbreak at one of their factories causes an outbreak of 56 cases of salmonella, and all they can manage is “We're sorry to hear that people have been unwell.” Pathetic. Someone, somewhere, should take responsibility for the one million contaminated bars of chocolate and the five month […]

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Pre-holiday malaise

July 20, 2006

Funny how, in the days before a long-needed holiday, the motivation to do any damn thing at all dwindles away to zero.

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Health and safety

July 14, 2006

A tip for cyclists. You should always look where you are going. Be extra vigilant regarding obstacles in your path, for example, trees. Never let your concentration slip, no matter how big the bosom of the woman that you are staring at is. If your focus lapses, you may end up colliding with said tree, […]

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Happy Blogday!

July 12, 2006

Happy First Blogday to Steve! Glad you're still with us after all this time.

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Going to San Francisco

July 7, 2006

I'm off to San Francisco at the end of August to attend the O'Reilly FooCamp – a weekend camp for geeks. I'm really looking forward to hanging out with some cool people, and getting to see San Francisco again. Due to peculiarities of flights, I'm going to be in town for a week and a […]

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No ill effects

July 7, 2006

So, having the bejeezus scared out of me as regards the potential catastrophe that would have resulted from me drinking alcohol whilst on my antibiotics, I was keen to observe the suggested 72 hours between last pill and first drink. However, Mr Biddulph was in town, so I ended up at around hour 60 thinking […]

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Darllen mwy

July 5, 2006

Dw i newydd ddechrau darllen mwy. Mae gen i lyfr gan Mair Evans, o'r enw Pwy Sy'n Cofio Siôn, a dw i wedi darllen hanner y peth yn barod. Rhodd Mair y llyfr imi yn ystod 2002, ond dw i erioed wedi ei orffen fo. Bryd 'ny, o'n i'n arfer darllen yn araf iawn – […]

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How do they know?

July 5, 2006

Growing up, I used to frequently be mistaken for my Mum when I answered the phone. The women who attended my mum's exercise classes would call and as soon as they heard my voice would launch into long and detailed explanations of precisely what had happened to Doris and why she wouldn't be attending this […]

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Finally getting better

July 4, 2006

I have taken my last antibiotic pill today, which means that in 72 hours, I am free to once again get suitably inebriated, should I wish to. The tooth has calmed right down, with now just a little stiffness in my jaw, and no real significant pain. The side-effects of the antibiotic, metronidazole, included dry […]

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The guilt of forbidden love

June 30, 2006

If this photo doesn't rend your heart with pity, nothing will. (Ta Kevin.)

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Update on the tooth

June 30, 2006

I know you're all as interested as I am about the state of my wisdom tooth, but, well, I don't have anything else to blog about. Well, I do, but that all requires thought and it's Friday. So, the tooth is still sore. And what's worse, now I can taste the infection. Yuch. I have […]

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